Improvement in floating velocipedes



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OLIVER A. DAVIS', OE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.,`

Letters Patent No. 99,540, dated February 8, 1870.

Schedule referred to m these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known Vthat I, OLIVER A.DAv1s, ofBrookly n, in the county of Kings, and Staterot' New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement irrWa-ter- Velocipedes; and I do hereby declare that the following is afnll, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, thrilling part of this specification, in which- Figure 1-is a top View of a boat, to which my improvement has been attached.

Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same, taken through the line :c x, iig. 1. 1 Similar let-ters ot' reference indicate Ycorresponding My invention has for its object to combine, with a small and light boat, ali-arrangement otniechanism The supports G should be made of about the saine l slape in their upper parts as the wheel B, so as not only to'support the said wheel, but also to serve as .guards to preventthe clothes ot' the operator .fromcoming in Contact with and being injured by the said wheel B.

Upon the projecting ends ofthe journals of the wheel B, are ibrni'ed cranks D, which are provided with stirrups to receive the feet of the operator.

The teeth of the wheel B mesh into the teeth of the small gear-whee1 E, attached to a short transverse shalt, which works in bearings in supports attached to the frame-work ofthe boat A, and to which is also attached a bevel-gear wheel, F.

The teeth ofthe bevel-gear wheel F mesh into the teeth of the bevel-gear wheel G, attached to the forward end of the propeller-shatt H, which passes out through the stem of the boat, and to the rear end of which is attached a screw, I, so that the said screw may be revolved, to propel the boat by foot-power ap plied to the cranksI I).

J is the rudder, to the upper end Ot' which is attacheda cross-bar, K, or a tiller, from which cords pass along the sides ot' the boat, through eye-bolts or staples, to the front ot' the operator, and thence back into suoli a.k position that they can be conveniently reached"A and operated byl the operator, to guide the boat. f

`L is the seat, whichl is adjuster-bly att-.tchedto supports attached to the boat. A, and to the support C, so that the seat may be moved forward or back, to adjust its position to the requirement-s of the-one who is`to"operate the boat, so that he may conveniently operatel the cranks 1).

1f desired, connectingrods may be pivoted to the cranks D, ext-ending back to a seat in the rcar pai-toi' the boat, so that the cranks may be operated by handpower for the propulsion of the boat, or to assist the one propelling it with his feet.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desirel to secure by Letters Patent, is

41. The combination ot' the large gear-wheel B,

cranks D, whether provided with stirrups or not, small gear-wheel E, and bevel-gear wheels Fand G, with each other, with the shait H', screw I, and boat A, substantially as herein shown and described, for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the adjustable seat L with the gear-wheel B, supports G, and cranks D, snbstantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

rEhe above specification of my invention signed by me, this 7th day of April, 1869. Y

OLIVER A. DAVIS. Witnesses:

FRANK BLOCKLEY; JAMES T. GRAHAM. 

